torch infection

Sulaimani Technical CollegeCommunity Health Dept.

Fourth stage Control of communicable disease

By :

Snur Jaza & Lare Kamal

Ahang Khidir & Farida Haji

TORCH Infection

Control & Prevention

Other

Hepatitis BCoxsackievirusSyphilisVaricella-Zoster VirusHIVParvovirus B19

Rubella, also known as German measles or three-day measles,[ is a disease caused by the rubella virus. The name "rubella" is derived from Latin, meaning little red. Rubella is also known as German measles because the disease was first described by German physicians .

Rubella

Rubella can cause congenital rubella syndrome in the newly born. The syndrome (CRS) follows intrauterine infection by the Rubella virus and comprises cardiac, cerebral, ophthalmic and auditory defects. It may also cause prematurity, low birth weight, and neonatal thrombocytopenia, anaemia and hepatitis.

Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS)

Control & Prevention

Signs and symptoms

Yellow skin and eyes (jaundice) RashLow birth weightEnlarged spleen Enlarged and poorly functioning liver Pneumonia

Symptoms in babies :

Signs and symptoms

In mother :Visual impairment and blindness Pneumonia Diarrhea Ulcers in the digestive tractHepatitis Inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) Behavioral changes

Diagnosis

Serology antigen testing.

Tissue sampling and pathological evidence of CMV infection under microscope .

Control & Prevention

Clinical Manifestations

. Acute gingivostomatitis

. Herpes labialis

. Ocular herpes

. Herpes genitalis

. Other forms of cutaneous herpes

. Meningitis

. Encephalitis

. Neonatal herpes

Diagnosis

. Electron mocroscopy of vesicle fluid

. Immunofluorescence of skin scarppings

. PCR

. Virus isolation

. Serology

Control & Prevention

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